Friday September 30, 2005

Just Like Oil-For-Food, but with Books and Blog Traffic

HarperCollins recently mistook me for some sort of “blogger of interest” and sent me a copy of the new Neil Gaiman novel Anansi Boys. The book is currently atop the NYT Bestseller list. At first I thought I might read it, but since I didn’t read American Gods I must now admit that I probably will not. So I’m going to give it away—sort of.

Welcome to the Encyclopedia Hanasiana Ad Hoc Affiliate Program (EHAHAP). Here’s how it works. The book goes to the first person whose site or blog refers 27 visitors to www.hanasiana.com as judged by SiteMeter. (Links that were up before this post are not eligible; and for clarity’s sake, your referral should include some indication that you are pursuing the prize. If you want, just add the referring page’s URL to this post’s comments.) The book retails for $26.95, so that’s a buck a click, and I’ll pay postage in the lower 48. And, unlike AdSense, I don’t care what you tell your readers to get them to click. I’ll notify the winner via email as soon as there is one.

Posted by jim at 12:48 PM ||